Description
CER_CRS1deg-Hour_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A is the Aqua Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Level 3 computed flux Edition4A data product. The Cloud and Radiative Swath One Degree (CRS1deg) Hour provides data hourly on a 1-degree latitude and longitude global grid from the Aqua CERES Flight Model 3 (FM3) or FM4 CER_CRS_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A instantaneous footprint data. The data provides instantaneous averages of computed top of atmosphere (ToA) (0.01-hPa), within the atmosphere (850-, 500-, 200-, and 70-hPa), and surface fluxes (Wm-2). Four assumptions are used in the Fu-Liou radiative transfer model (RTM): Total-sky, clear-sky (no clouds, but aerosol), pristine (no clouds or aerosols), and total-sky, no aerosol as described in Scott 2022. Variables from these footprints are then assigned to a grid box and linearly averaged.
The data has been processed from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2022, and is available in daily netCDF4 files. This single satellite product uses the primary CERES instrument in cross-track mode. The CERES instruments provide radiometric measurements of the Earth's atmosphere from three broadband channels: total, shortwave, and window. Longwave fluxes are obtained by subtracting shortwave from the total.
A few variables from the SSF have been included in this product, such as observed CERES shortwave and longwave ToA fluxes and cloud fraction. MODIS measurements are not directly used in this dataset. The MODIS data is used during SSF processing to obtain cloud properties. These cloud properties are then used to compute the CRS fluxes.
Still, this product should be used in conjunction with the CER_SSF1deg-Hour_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A product, which has additional cloud and aerosol properties. The CER_SYN1deg-1Hour_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A is another related product that averages the cloud properties to the one-degree grid before performing the Fu-Liou RTM calculations. The SYN1deg-1Hour product also brings in cloud properties derived from geostationary imagers between 60 N and 60 S to provide information to provide a complete diurnal cycle.
Resources
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| View this dataset's data citation policy | HTML | How to cite ASDC data | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_CRS1deg-Hour_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | CERES Hourly Gridded Computed TOA, withiin the Atmosphere, and Surface (CRS1deg-Hour) Data Set Abstract | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's processing history | CERES Processing Level Details | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's processing history | CERES Product Level Details | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's production history | CERES Data Products Catalog | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's documented anomalies | Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's production history | CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Clouds and Radiative Swath One-Degree | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's how-to documentation | Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HDF data manipulation software (applications to open a Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) file and display a browse image and/or data file information) | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HDF Science Data Set (SDS) Information Tool Overview | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | Angular Distribution Models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Terra Satellite. Part II: Validation | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products | Open resource |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | View HDF Version 5 Readme | Open resource |
| View this dataset's documented anomalies | CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf) | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | CERES Data Management System View HDF User's Guide - Version 5.0, November 2007 | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Overview of HDF | Open resource | |
| Use this dataset in a web based map viewerf | Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for CERES | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization through WORLDVIEW | PNG | Mission Logo | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | CERES project home page | Open resource |
| Subset this dataset using a web based subsetter | HTML | CERES Data Page | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CERES Documentation | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CERES General Product Info | Open resource |
| View this dataset's requirements and design documentation | HTML | CERES Input Data Sources | Open resource |
| View this dataset's data quality document | Quality Summary: CERES_CRS1deg-Hour_Ed4A (1/31/2024) | Open resource | |
| Download this dataset through the CERES Ordering Tool | HTML | CERES Ordering Tool | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | DOI data set landing page for CER_SSF1deg-Hour_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: Terra Spacecraft Fact Sheet - Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) CERES will measure the Earth's energy balance—comparing the amount of energy from the sun that... | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: Space-based Observations of the Earth (Thermal radiation emitted from the Earth's surface and clouds on March 1, 2000 as seen by the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES)) | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES Global Cloud Fraction - Each map combines observations from the CERES sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites collected on December 27, 2008 | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES Detects Earth's Heat and Energy: Image of the Day - Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) monitors solar energy reflected from the Earth and heat energy emitted from the Earth. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: First Monthly CERES Global Longwave and Shortwave Radiation - These measurements were acquired by NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors during March 2000. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Arctic Is Absorbing More Sunlight - The radiation measurements were made by NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments which fly on multiple satellites. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | HTML | NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES | Open resource |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | OPeNDAP data access for CER_CRS1deg-Hour_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | HTML | Earthdata Search for CER_CRS1deg-Hour_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) | Open resource |
| The dataset's home page | HTML | TERRA Overview | Open resource |